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<blockquote data-quote="desertrefugee" data-source="post: 135308" data-attributes="member: 1727"><p>I apologize for abandoning this thread. I detailed it elsewhere, but it seems that the tale should have been told here.</p><p></p><p>The good news is that it has a happy ending. This bike turned out to be a very good runner with brakes that stop RIGHT NOW. (Better than my '84 Aspencade). I completed the reconstruction a couple of weeks ago and already have about 600 miles on the bike. So far, my only gripes are a too-tight throttle pull (need to re-route the cables) and the absolutely crap 290mm Chinese shocks I decided to put on it. I knew better. I did it anyway. Now I need some real, big boy shocks - at about 11.5".</p><p></p><p>I blatantly stole ideas I'd seen all over the internet with what guys have been doing. Here are a few photos of the bike as it currently sits. I've been riding this one exclusively. The Aspy and VMax are sitting on battery tenders for now.</p><p></p><p>I still have all the factory bits (except seat) and nothing has been cut or hacked. Could be a stocker again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desertrefugee, post: 135308, member: 1727"] I apologize for abandoning this thread. I detailed it elsewhere, but it seems that the tale should have been told here. The good news is that it has a happy ending. This bike turned out to be a very good runner with brakes that stop RIGHT NOW. (Better than my '84 Aspencade). I completed the reconstruction a couple of weeks ago and already have about 600 miles on the bike. So far, my only gripes are a too-tight throttle pull (need to re-route the cables) and the absolutely crap 290mm Chinese shocks I decided to put on it. I knew better. I did it anyway. Now I need some real, big boy shocks - at about 11.5". I blatantly stole ideas I'd seen all over the internet with what guys have been doing. Here are a few photos of the bike as it currently sits. I've been riding this one exclusively. The Aspy and VMax are sitting on battery tenders for now. I still have all the factory bits (except seat) and nothing has been cut or hacked. Could be a stocker again. [/QUOTE]
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